Simple Capture is a Chrome extension that captures from any browser tab in four formats: MP3 audio, WebM video, plain-text transcripts, and PNG screenshots. Four tools in one extension. Click the icon, click record, get a file.
Browser capture tooling is fragmented. There’s an audio recorder, a video recorder, a transcript extractor, a screenshot tool. Each one wants its own subscription, its own account, its own onboarding flow. Simple Capture is the same simple workflow for all four, in a single Chrome extension. Pay once, own it forever.
The extension uses Chrome’s Tab Capture API for audio and video, the InnerTube API and DOM scanning for transcripts, and captureVisibleTab + scroll-stitch for screenshots. Every mode encodes locally in your browser via offscreen documents, so capture doesn’t slow down browsing. When you stop, the file downloads instantly to your Downloads folder.
The extension is free to use with sensible limits per mode (30-min recordings, basic transcripts, visible-area screenshots). An optional Pro upgrade ($39.99 one-time, all four modes) unlocks 320 kbps audio, MP4 video at 1080p+, SRT subtitle export, full-page screenshot capture, and unlimited recording. Buying the four individual extensions costs $59.96, so the bundle saves $20.
The bundle is for people who want everything in one place. The individual extensions (Simple Audio Capture, Simple Video Capture, Simple Transcript Capture, Simple Screenshot Capture) exist for people who only need one capability and want a smaller install. Each individual is $14.99 Pro; the bundle is $39.99 Pro for all four.
Simple Capture was built by Duncan Rawlinson, a photographer and technologist based in Canada. It started as four separate personal tools and got pulled together into one extension worth sharing.
Capture and encoding run locally in your browser. Files save straight to your Downloads folder. The only network request the extension ever makes is a one-time Pro license validation if you choose to upgrade. Read the full Privacy Policy for details.